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Henry Lawson ?Barbara Baynton ?enry Handel Richardson ?Katharine Susannah Prichard ?Christina Stead ?avin Casey ?ance Palmer ?Alan Marshall ?Marjorie Barnard ?udah Waten ?John Morrison ?Peter Cowan ?Hal Porter ?Patrick White ?Thelma Forshaw ?al Stivens ?Peter Carey Murray Bail ?Frank Moorhouse ?T.A.G. Hungerford ?Elizabeth Jolley ?Michael Wilding ?Olga Masters ?Beverley Farmer ?Fay Zwicky ?Barry Hill ?Gerald Murnane ?Archie Weller ?Thea Astley ?Helen Garner ?Lily Brett ?Susan Hampton ?Gail Jones In this bestselling collection the Australian short story is represented from its Bulletin beginnings to its vigorous revival in the late twentieth century. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This is a novel I had to read for a literature class. It is not really a novel, as it suggested, it is a collection of short stories. It covers quite a long time period, around 100 years, from Peter Carey to Henry Lawson.
As befitting my usual treatment of literature studies books, I didn't read all of the short stories in this collection. I read and studied just three: Short Shift Saturday by Gavin Casey, Josie by Vance Palmer and Happiness by Katherine Susannah Prichard.
Short Shift Saturday is a gritty short story written in a realist manner. It's longer than the other two, and I felt that it was easier to understand and get into the depth of the characters.
Josie is an odd ducky. The whole short story is an odd ducky. It was a bit hard to read, and it certainly wasn't enjoyable. In a way, it was more disgusting than anything. It makes the point of the outsider in Australian early culture.
Happiness is told from the perspective of an Aboriginal woman. It feels like a setup, and I wasn't entirely convinced about the authenticity of feeling.
As a whole, I hated the unit of study that this book was part of, and I really didn't do well on any of it. For this particular assessment, I had jetlag! You can tell it's been on my mind for a while to review this book, because I went on holiday more than a month ago. ( )